According to a recent report from Ars Technica, Intel has issued a security alert regarding its management firmware on a number of recent PC, server and Internet-of-Things processor platforms which makes it vulnerable to remote attacks. First uncovered by Mark Ermolov and Maxim Goryachy of Positive Technologies Research, the vulnerabilities can be exploited by remote attackers to launch commands on a host of Intel-based computers dating back to 2015.
Attackers can access privileged system information and in order to protect the users, Intel has posted a detection tool on its support website which can identify systems that are vulnerable. Computer manufacturers are expected to roll out firmware upgrades in the coming weeks to patch the vulnerabilities. If you wish to check whether your system is vulnerable or not you can head to the support page and run the detection tool.
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